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LAKELAND -- The abundance opened aftermost week, but now it's official: Lowe's has accustomed in North Lakeland.
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The North Carolina-based home advance alternation captivated a admirable aperture Wednesday for its abundance at 3600 U.S. 98 North, Lowe's fourth Polk County site.
"We called the North Lakeland breadth because we anticipation there was an befalling to serve homeowners in the breadth with a acceptable and advanced store," said Karen Cobb, backer for Lowe's Cos. Inc. "We accept there is affluence of advance abeyant in the Lakeland community."
The new abundance has 116,000 aboveboard anxiety of retail amplitude and a 31,000square-foot garden area. Cobb said the abundance employs about 175 people, best of whom are full-time associates.
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Costs for the new armpit are estimated at $18.5 million, Cobb said.
Cobb additionally said Lowe's is in the bosom of the better amplification in aggregation history. Nationwide, the alternation opened 140 new food in 2004, 150 food aftermost year and affairs to accessible 155 this year, she said.
In 2007, Lowe's affairs to accessible amid 150 and 160 new stores, Cobb said.
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Lowe's opened a Bartow area in October at 425 E. Van Fleet Drive, and additionally has sites in South Lakeland and Winter Haven. Competitor The Home Depot has four locations in Polk: Two in Lakeland, one in Winter Haven and accession in Lake Wales.
In Florida, Lowe's has two food beneath architecture in Jacksonville, and is architecture a area in Indian Harbour Beach and accession in Live Oak, Cobb said. The aggregation employs about 15,500 bodies in Florida and about 185,000 civic at added than 1,250 stores.
The North Lakeland store, congenital on a above Wal-Mart site, is a acceptable accession to a allotment of the burghal alive with new business and residential growth, said April Thomas, chief business administrator for Lakeland Square.
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Thomas said the capital affairs to accessible two new accouterment food in mid-summer, Hollister Co. and Charlotte Russe, and is "very close" on accepting added new tenants.
"The new development has been accomplished for us," she said. "We're aloof captivated to accept the growth."
Kyle Kennedy can be accomplished at kyle.kennedy@theledger.com or 863-802-7584.
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